Container for music rolls and the like



C. S. BURTON.

CONTAINER FOR MUSIC ROLLS AND THE LIKE. APPLICATION FILED Diam-1919.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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.application filed December 26, 1919. Serial No. 347,404.

To all 'LU/mm t may concern Bc it lrnown that l., CHARLES S. BURTON, a citizen of the United vSini-tes, and a resident of Oalr Parli, in the county of Coolr and State of illinois, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Containers for Music Bells and the like, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings. forming,1 a part thereof.

The purpose of this invention is to pro vide an improved construction of a container for music rolls or the like, particir larly designed for permitting the withdrawal of the contents from the end of the container while such containers are stacked in piles with only the ends exposed for access. It consists in the elements and features of construction shown and described, as indicated in the claims.

In the drawings Figure-l is a vertical longitudinalsection of the container embodying this invention, the same beine' shown in closed position with the music roll therein.

Figure 2 is a similar view showing the closure withdrawn to a position for inserting or removing the roll, the roll being` shown in the position which it occupies upon withdrawal of the closure for removal of the roll.

Figure 3 is section similaito the pre* ceding, figures, showing the closure withdrawn to the position for tilting; down but not tilted down, showing its engagement with the roll for withdrawing' the latter.

Figure i is a section at the line, 1 -1, on Figure 2.

The structure shown in the drawings comprises an outer tubular casing, A, ywhich preferably has one end closed as shown at A1, and the other end open for receiving an interiorly telescoping` closure member, B, which is shown open topped comprising an outer end, B1, sides, B2, B2, and bottom which is preferably as shown in two parts,

` B3 and B4, hinged together at the line 723,

corresponding to a limit of withdrawal of the closure from the box in operation. lit will be observed that the sides, B27 B2, ex! tend rearward beyond the withdrawal or hinge line of the bottom of the closure, said extensions b2, b2, being greater than the height of the tubular casing. These extended sides b2, b2, are cut away at their upper edges so that the closure maypivot over `the hinge line between 'the forward and rear sections of the bottom members, B, B4, when the closure is withdrawn so that said hinge line has arrived lat the forward edge of therbottorn of thecasing, as seen in Figure 2. it will be understood that the extension of the side beyond the vertical plane of the hinge line of the bottom being greater than the height of the casing will prevent the closure member from swinging down pivotally about the hinge line so far as to withdraw the extended side entirely out of the casing when the closure has not been withdrawn farther than so as to bring the hinge line as stated at the forward edge of the casing bottom. Preferably and designedly the upper edges of the side extensions, b2, o2, are cut away only substantially as far as shown in the drawingsf-that is, so much as to permit the forward section to swing down to 4a position shown in full line in Figure 3, at which the forward end B1, of said closure is out of the path of withdrawal of the roll which, by means hereinafter explained, is withdrawn with the' closure so that its end protrudes directly from the tubular casingin the space occupied by the closure before the latter has been swungdown,-that is, before it is swungfrom the position shown in full line to that shown in dotted line in Figure; and the roll can be slightly lifted to clear the down-swung end of the closure. This is preferable to permitting the closure to swing; down so far as to clear the roll without lifting it for reasons hereinafter explained. The simplest form in which the 1ear extensions, Z22, 62, of the sides, B2, B2, of the closure may be cut away for the purpose indicated, is that shown in the drawings, in which they are cut in the arc of a circle about the hinge pivot with a'radius substantially the interior height of the tubular casing` (which will be substantially the exterior height of the closure), said arc being the measure of the angle through which the closure will be required to swing down in order that its forward end may clear the path of withdrawal of the roll as indicated. The cut of the upper edge of the extensions, b2, Z22, then continuing in a line tangent to said arc at its rear end as shown in the drawings. It will be understood that the only essential requirement in respect to the matter of cutting away the upper edges of these extensions, 752, b2, is that at the rear ends they shall he at such height as to perfmit the downward swing of the forward section to any desired position for withdrawal of the roll. That is, they may be cut away more than this but not less, intermediate their rear ends and the point at which said cutting away begins.

The importance and advantage of having the rearward side extensions, b2, of the telesooping closure provided and formed as de scribed, so that they shall not be withdrawn from the tubular casing in withdrawing the closure to a point at which it may be swung down to permit the withdrawal of the roll, so that thereby these side extensions remain always engaged with the tubular casing, so

that the closure may be always without dificulty or inconvenience swung up into position for telescoping into the casing. In structures for similar purposes which have heretofore been suggested, the telescoping closure or drop-end of the casing has been proposed either having its sides terminating substantially at the transverse planeA of the hinge joint of the bottom or with the bottom lacking the hinge joint. lith the first mentioned of these heretofore proposed'constructions, diiiiculty or inconvenience is experienced in restoring the closure to telescoped position within the casing, because when such boxes are accumulated in a pile, which is the desired manner of using them, the withdrawal of the closure deprives the tubular member of the reinforcement of the forward end of the closure, and the weight of the super-incumbent boxes tends to sway the lower boxes thus deprived of reinforce ment` sideward, distorting them into trapezoidal form; and then when the closure is swung up and thrust rearward, the rear edges of its sides encounter the lateral edges-displaced sideward,0f the casing, and prevent the re-entrance of the closure into the casing, compelling the user to employ some means of straightening up to distorted tubular casing orto distort the telescoping closure in order to enter it within the distorted casing'. W'hen the distortion is slight and unnoticed; the result is that the two encountering` ends of the sides of the tubular casing and of the closure, respectively. soon mangle each other, increasing the diiculty and inconvenience of re`enter ingthe closure into the tubular casing, be'- sides' producing a disheveled and untidv appearance. These difficulties are avoided bv the construction shown` involving the colitinued engagement of the extended sides b2,

b2, vof the'closure in the tubular casing when theA closure is withdrawn and swung down for. the withdrawal of the roll. With the second mentioned heretofore proposed construction. the down-tilting of the closure swings the bottom of the closure up obliquely across the cavity of the tubular member; and this is impossible when the box content is a music rollv or the like which cannot be displaced by such intrusion of the said bottom of the closure.

It is desirable to provide means for de- Y nitely stoppingl the withdrawal of the closure at the point at which it is to be swung down,-that is, so that the hinge line of the bottom of the closure is at the forward edge of the bottom side of the case. For this purpose there is provided a catch, D, to be carried by the rear member, B4, of the bottom of the closure, which is adapted to have its nose D1, engage an aperture al, made in the bottom side of the casing near the forward end. This catch is seen engaging the forward side of the aperture when the closure is withdrawn so that the hinge line coincides substantially with the forward edge of the bottom of the casing, checks it for swinging it down about the hinge line as desired. The rear shoulder of the catch nose is made sloping so that it rides out of the aperture readily upon the inthrust of the closure.

in objection of the employment of tubu-l lar containers of this general character having telescoping closures for the purpose of music rolls, consists in the liability of the interior member or closure and the roll therein, to slide out of the casing while the boxes are being carried from place to place in the process of packing and shipment or merchandising, with the result that the roll ends are liable to be broken by the fall. This can be prevented only by some locking device for retaining the closure within the tubular casing or making the closure fit so tightly in the casing that the frictional resistance will prevent it from sliding out. The frictional resistance method is objectionable, because if the friction is suiiicient to prevent the closure from sliding out of the casing under the circumstances indicated, it is liable to be so great as to make it difficult to withdraw the closure from the casing when the boxes are stacked or piled in their position of use, without pulling the entire container out of the pile,'because the superincumbent load upon the lower boxes of the pile, in view of the unavoidably yielding character of the boXes,-made of paste-x board,- greatly increases the friction. A catch which has to be` manipulated independently of the operation Jfor withdrawing the closure is objectionable, because theuser will frequently forget and omit to release the catch before he pulls upon the closure to withdraw it; and damage to the boX, consisting either of pulling off the withdrawing lug or mutilating the catch engagement is certain to be incurred. To meet this diiticulty there is provided in the present construction a catch which is released by the action of the closure-withdrawingv lug so that the operator pays no attention to the' catch, but only withdraws the closure as if there were no catch. The device for this purpost consists of a catch, E, similar to the catch, D, carried by the forward member of the bottom of the closure, having its catch nose, El, extending out through an aperture, t, in said bottom for engaging the same aperture, ai, in the lower side of the casing which is provided for engagement of the catch nose, D. 'Ihe lug, F, provided for withdrawing the closure from the casing has its inner end secured to the bottom, B3, of the closure, its length extended out under the catch, E, up around the catch nose, and thence out to the forward side of the forward end of the closure for manual manipulation. It will be seen that when the user seizes the protruding lug to withdraw the closure, the first effect of his pull upon it is to disengage the catch nose, El, from the aperture, al, of the casing, continued pull withdrawing the closure from the casing. The head of the catch is formed so that when the pull upon the lug disengages it from the aperture, al, of the casing, its shoulder, e2,

r is lifted up under the roll behind the head thereof, andengages the roll by means of said head, so that the roll withdrawn with the closure, and is thereby in position to be taken hold of easily for removing it from the casing.

I claim l. A container for the purpose indicated comprising an outer tubular casing and an inner telescoping closure; means for check* ing the withdrawal of the closure at a predetermined point and for pivoting it at withdrawn position at the forward edge of the bottom side of the casing; a catch carried by the bottom side of the closure, the bottom side of the casing having co-operating means for engaging said catch at closed position of the closure, and flexible means connected to the closure for withdrawing it from the casing, engaging .the catch for withdrawing it from the coi-operating means on the casing bottom in the movement for withdrawing the closure from the casing.

2. In the construction defined in claim 1 foregoing, the closure-withdrawing means being a strip having its inner end secured to the bottom of the closure and extending from its securement along under the catch nose, thence up in front of the same and out through the end of the closure for manual engagement.

3. A container for the purpose indicated,

comprising an outer tubular casing having head of the music roll` and means for withdrawing the closure from the casino; secured at its inner end to the bottom of the cloisure and extending under the catch and up in front of the same and then out through the forward end of the closure. for manual engagement; whereby upon pulling said withdrawing means the catch nose is lifted out of engagement with the casing and into engagement with the head of the roll, and subsequent pull withdraws the roll withk the closure.

a. A container for( the purpose indicated comprising an outer tubular casing and an inner telescoping closure, the bottom side of the closure comprising a forward part and a rear part hinged together at a transverse line which is the limit of withdrawal of the closure, the lower side of the casing having an aperture near the forward 'end and a catch for engagement of said aperture carried by the rear hinged member of the closure bottom.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand at Chicago, Illinois, this 22nd day of December, 1919.

CHARLES S. BURTON. 

